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5401 | territorial waters | See TERRITORIAL SEA. |
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5402 | tesla | The unit of magnetic flux density in the SI SYSTEM. |
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5403 | test | The hard covering or supporting structure of many invertebrates; it may be enclosed within an outer layer of living tissue; a SHELL. |
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5404 | Texas tower | A fixed tower mounted on the CONTINENTAL SHELF or on a SHOAL, used to drill and operate gas or petroleum wells, and to provide a platform fo... more |
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5405 | thalweg | See TALWEG. |
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5406 | thaw | Melting of SNOW and/or ICE, at the EARTH's surface, following a temperature rise above 0°C. |
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5407 | thematic map | See MAP. |
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5408 | theodolite | A precision surveying instrument consisting of an ALIDADE with a TELESCOPE. It is mounted on an accurately graduated CIRCLE and is equipped... more |
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5409 | theodolite: direction | A THEODOLITE in which the graduated HORIZONTAL CIRCLE remains fixed during a series of OBSERVATIONS, the TELESCOPE being pointed on a numb... more |
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5410 | theodolite: face(s) of | See FACE(S) OF THEODOLITE. |
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5411 | theodolite: repeating | A THEODOLITE so designed that successive measures of an angle may be accumulated on the graduated CIRCLE, and a final reading of the CIRCLE ... more |
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5412 | theodolite: transit | See TRANSIT. |
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5413 | theodolite axes | See AXIS: HORIZONTAL and AXIS: VERTICAL. |
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5414 | theodolite drag | See DRAG (of THEODOLITE). |
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5415 | theoretical error | See ERROR. |
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5416 | thermal equator | See EQUATOR. |
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5417 | thermal layer | See THERMOCLINE. |
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5418 | thermocline | A vertical negative temperature gradient in some LAYER of a body of water, which is appreciably greater than the GRADIENTS above and below i... more |
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5419 | thermocline: transient | A small decrease in vertical temperature observed above the THERMOCLINE. It is a short-term PHENOMENON associated primarily with diurnal he... more |
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5420 | thermogram | Record made by a THERMOGRAPH. |